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State Actions to Protect and Expand Access to Abortion Services
This brief reviews the status of state actions to strengthen and guarantee abortion access to their residents, as well as to prepare for the likely increase in demand for abortion services in those states should the high court overturn the constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade.
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Related Abortion Resources
- The Intersection of State and Federal Policies on Access to Medication Abortion Via Telehealth
- ‘In Focus with KFF’: What Happens if Roe v. Wade is Overturned?
- Abortion at SCOTUS: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
- The Availability and Use of Medication Abortion Care
- Intersection of State Abortion Policy and Clinical Practice: June 2021 Update
- Medication Abortion and Telemedicine: Innovations and Barriers During the COVID-19 Emergency
- The Availability and Use of Medication Abortion
- State Action to Limit Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Interactive: How State Policies Shape Access to Abortion Coverage

Employer Coverage of Travel Costs for Out-of-State Abortion
This Policy Watch gives an overview of employers offering to cover travel expenses for workers who need to go out of state for an abortion in the context of increasing restrictions on abortion around the country. We discuss who is offering these benefits, the implications for workers, and some of the legal and political concerns for employers.
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Two Women’s Health Policy Issues to Monitor in 2021
With President-elect Joe Biden and a new Congress taking office next month, newly updated KFF briefs examine two women’s health policy issues awaiting federal policymakers in 2021. President-elect Biden campaigned on reversing the Trump Administration’s regulations for the Title X family planning program, which require complete financial and physical separation…
News Release Read MoreWeb Briefing: The Sexual and Reproductive Health Landscape in the US: Current Trends and the Impact of the Pandemic
At 12:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 21, KFF will hold a web briefing to highlight key findings on sexual and reproductive health from KFF’s national Women’s Health Survey. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with leaders in sexual and reproductive care about what those findings mean for policy and practice, how the pandemic has begun to reshape the provision of sexual and reproductive health care, and implications for the future of the family planning safety net and the people who rely on it.
Event Read MoreDobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health: State Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
On December 1, the Supreme Court will hear their first abortion case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, with a solid conservative majority. The case, Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, involves a Mississippi law banning nearly all abortions…
News Release Read MoreThe Intersection of State and Federal Policies on Access to Medication Abortion Via Telehealth
This brief outlines the intersection of federal policy regarding dispensing medication abortion with state laws regulating the provision of abortion services and mifepristone dispensing via telehealth and considers the implications of the recent FDA change in different states.
Issue Brief Read MoreThe Availability and Use of Medication Abortion
This factsheet provides an overview of medication abortion, with a focus on federal and state regulations pertaining to its provision and coverage, and the role of the drug in self-managed abortions.
Fact Sheet Read MoreUnderstanding Pregnancy Loss in the Context of Abortion Restrictions and Fetal Harm Laws
This brief examines how policies aimed at limiting abortion may have negative consequences on people experiencing pregnancy loss.
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